hippos are really the closes living reaitive to whales
yes, a hippopotamus is sometimes referred to as a river horse.
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hippopotamus hippo= horse pot= river/ water
Afonfarch (river-horse)
Hippo/Hippopotamus. =]
Yes. The okapi is a horse-like relative of the giraffe that has zebra stripes on its legs. Even-toed ungulates are part of the same order of mammals, including the giraffe, horse, zebra, deer, antelope, hippo, pig, cow, sheep, and rhino.
it comes from a greek orgin
They are both quadruped mammals- and the name hippopotamus means "River Horse".Answer:They aren't related.Despite their Greek derived name hippos are more closely related tp cetaceans (whales, porpoises, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 million years ago. The common ancestor of whales and hippos evolved from the family of even-toed ungulates(pigs, peccaries, camels, deer, giraffes, pronghorn, antelopes, sheep, goats, and cattle.) around 60 million years ago.Horses, on the other hand, are odd-toed ungulates. Together with horses this group includes tapirs and rhinoceroses.
hippo (short for hippopotamus) means ιπποπόταμος; the word is greek to begin with! ANSWER: Hippopotamus means "river horse," from the Greek words for horse (ippos) and river (potami). So "hippo" means "horse."
A Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus: hippo = horse; potamos = river
The pommel horse